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Johnson, Angela; Ong, Maria; Ko, Lily T.; Smith, Janet; Hodari, Apriel – Physics Teacher, 2017
Women of color are deeply underrepresented in physics. Between 2002 and 2012, only 1% of graduating physics majors were Black women and another 1% were Latinas; only 61 American Indian women total completed degrees in physics in those years (out of 48,000 physics majors). This isolation can lead to additional obstacles that women of color majoring…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
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Johnson, Angela; Brown, Jaweer; Carlone, Heidi; Cuevas, Azita K. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
The study of the identity processes of women of color in science-based fields helps us (a) find ways to support similar women, and (b) study the dynamics of inequity, within and beyond science. Participants in this study (a Black woman, a Latina, and an American Indian woman) survived inadequate high schools and discouraging college science…
Descriptors: Feminism, Role Conflict, Women Scientists, Professional Occupations